Well I just bought a 2.3 7 bolt about 8 months ago. Since I installed it, I noticed blue smoke. The guy I bought it from said the car he removed the motor from was in a fire and may have damaged the valve seals? Either way, the pistons and all that are brand new when i checked them out when I first bought the car. Here are my symptoms:
When It's cold outside, I notice a nice puff of blue smoke out coming out the exhaust, but then clears right up.
Upon driving again and coming to a light, very light but noticeable amount of blue smoke comes out.
There is oil around my exhaust manifold,like a decent of oil build up, even after I cleaned it.
Haven't seen dipstick come out, but did notice a little white color smoke from oil cap when opened up... Similar to a cup of hot coffee kinda smoke if that helps any (only seen once.)
The car accelerates viciously, regardless of major exhaust leak.

Compression test, then compression test with a capful of oil in the cylinder. If compression changes noticeably, it's the rings. If not, it's the valve seals, or a leaky headgasket. Vapor coming out of the oil cap is normal, so long as it's not billowing out.

Compression test, then compression test with a capful of oil in the cylinder. If compression changes noticeably, it's the rings. If not, it's the valve seals, or a leaky headgasket. Vapor coming out of the oil cap is normal, so long as it's not billowing out.

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